Grade Range: 5-12Resource Type(s): Primary Source, ArtifactsDate Posted: 12/29/2010
This Sharps carbine, .52 caliber, was confiscated following John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry.
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As a boy of five, John Brown witnessed a slave his own age being beaten with a fire shovel....
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The story of a group of slaves' escape on the underground railroad by following directions from t...
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